Thursday, February 9, 2017

Trump Animatronic in Walt Disney World's Hall of Presidents

In Walt Disney World there is a hall for all of the United States' Presidents. They add the newly elected president to the hall and this year the hall will be closed from January 17, 2017 through June 30, 2017 to add Donald Trump. This show starts with a video about the history of America then a curtain rises to show all of the presidents, including the current president. They all get a chance to speak and then at the end it features the speech of the current president.

There is a petition going around on change.org fighting to have President Trump's figure to not have any voice. People believe that in all of his speeches that he says hateful things and the children who visit do not need to hear the hateful things he has to say. " 'Donald Trump ran a presidential campaign on hateful speech, misogyny, racism, and xenophobia,' the petition reads. 'In doing so, he has tainted the legacy of the American Presidency forever.' Since Disney's Magic Kingdom is a place meant for families, Rogers says 'it is not an appropriate place for a Donald Trump speech.' " (Sad, Silent Trump).

Although I disagree with many things President Trump says and is wanting for our country, I do think it would be unfair to not let his animatronic character speak. Clinton, Bush, and Obama have all had the final speech of the show and would be incomplete without a final speech. If they do not have Trump do a speech they will need to find some other way to end the show. I am pretty sure Disney would not do that to Trump because that would cause some issues and Disney probably does not want to do that.

Obama's Speach

Full Show

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